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Do Behavioral Interventions Increase the Intake of Biofortified Foods in School Lunch Meals? Evidence from a Field Experiment with Elementary School Children in Ethiopia.

Julius Juma OkelloDavid R JustWellington JogoNorman KwikirizaHaile Tesfaye
Published in: Current developments in nutrition (2022)
Our results highlight the potential for relatively inexpensive behavioral interventions to increase acceptance of novel biofortified foods among children in a developing-country context. Larger studies with more varied interventions and larger numbers of participating schools could address several of the weaknesses in this study and establish more robust findings.
Keyphrases
  • physical activity
  • young adults
  • mental health
  • body mass index
  • weight gain
  • risk assessment
  • weight loss
  • high school